| lovemytrx |
| I'm driving by a T.H. after going to the gym and I see 5 units parked. 3 of them are running, 2 are not. In this time of supposed fiscal restraint and rising taxes why do police have their cars running when on their breaks. Note above 3 were running and 2 were not. If you multiply that by all the shifts and all the breaks on those shifts that adds up to a lot of money spent for fuel while cars are idling. Some are K-9 units and I can understand the need to have those running in cold or hot weather, but none of the above mentioned units appeared to be a K-9 unit. |
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| MightyMidget |
they need to have the cars warm and up to temp just in case they get "the call" and have to go balls to the walls to get there. The radio and in car computer suck the battery too....
nothing like revving the carp out of a cool/cold car!! Plus if the cars windows fog or ice up :blink:...if you can't see anything going to a call then that I think would be kinda bad.
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| lovemytrx |
| Thanks S. I knew there was a valid reason. :) |
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| MightyMidget |
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Originally posted by lovemytrx
Thanks S. I knew there was a valid reason. :)
some others may disagree but I think it is a valid reason.....it's not like the firefighters where they have heated fire halls that the trucks come from.....the police acutally drive when they are on shift :P(low blow at firefighters)
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| SplineZ |
firemen get set on fire tho, eheh.. and blow shit up
James Z |
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| MightyMidget |
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Originally posted by SplineZ
firemen get set on fire tho, eheh.. and blow shit up
James Z
and police get beat up, shot at, spit at, run over, etc...... :P
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| djshortys |
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Originally posted by schlong69
quote:
Originally posted by SplineZ
firemen get set on fire tho, eheh.. and blow shit up
James Z
and police get beat up, shot at, spit at, run over, etc...... :P
S
point being?
andy! |
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| MightyMidget |
quote:
Originally posted by djshortys
quote:
Originally posted by schlong69
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Originally posted by SplineZ
firemen get set on fire tho, eheh.. and blow shit up
James Z
and police get beat up, shot at, spit at, run over, etc...... :P
S
point being?
andy!
they don't sleep, play on the internet, have steak dinners, etc while they work!!!!
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| WookeysRX7 |
quote:
Originally posted by schlong69
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Originally posted by djshortys
quote:
Originally posted by schlong69
[QUOTE]Originally posted by SplineZ
[B] firemen get set on fire tho, eheh.. and blow shit up
James Z
and police get beat up, shot at, spit at, run over, etc...... :P
S
point being?
andy!
they don't sleep, play on the internet, have steak dinners, etc while they work!!!!
S [/b][/quote]
LOL too good! :bigthumbup: |
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| 1mns13 |
| I suppose if a person didn't sit in one place for long periods of time they're tax payer owned car wouldn't get cold. |
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| HKSpowers |
quote:
Originally posted by MightyMidget
quote:
Originally posted by SplineZ
firemen get set on fire tho, eheh.. and blow shit up
James Z
and police get beat up, shot at, spit at, run over, etc...... :P
S
You mean "special constables" get beat up, shot at, spit at, run over, etc |
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| high school |
quote:
Originally posted by MightyMidget
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Originally posted by djshortys
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Originally posted by schlong69
[QUOTE]Originally posted by SplineZ
[B] firemen get set on fire tho, eheh.. and blow shit up
James Z
and police get beat up, shot at, spit at, run over, etc...... :P
S
point being?
andy!
they don't sleep, play on the internet, have steak dinners, etc while they work!!!!
S [/b][/quote]
they have lots of tim hortons tho.... i dunno bout u edmonton guys but the red deer cops always seem to meet up at the same timmys for lunch on frequent occasions. |
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| MightyMidget |
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Originally posted by HKSpowers
quote:
Originally posted by MightyMidget
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Originally posted by SplineZ
firemen get set on fire tho, eheh.. and blow shit up
James Z
and police get beat up, shot at, spit at, run over, etc...... :P
S
You mean "special constables" get beat up, shot at, spit at, run over, etc
no just spit on, bled on, assaulted etc :thefinger:
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| lovemytrx |
quote:
Originally posted by high school
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Originally posted by MightyMidget
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Originally posted by djshortys
[QUOTE]Originally posted by schlong69
[B] [QUOTE]Originally posted by SplineZ
[B] firemen get set on fire tho, eheh.. and blow shit up
James Z
and police get beat up, shot at, spit at, run over, etc...... :P
S
point being?
andy!
they don't sleep, play on the internet, have steak dinners, etc while they work!!!!
S [/b][/quote]
they have lots of tim hortons tho.... i dunno bout u edmonton guys but the red deer cops always seem to meet up at the same timmys for lunch on frequent occasions. [/b][/quote]
I have given the Timmys police meeting place much thought and came to this astounding conclusion. They are open 24hrs and available around the clock, numerous locations in all areas of the city and therefore convenient. Bingo, frequent meeting place of city police. |
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| SplineZ |
quote:
Originally posted by lovemytrx
I have given the Timmys police meeting place much thought and came to this astounding conclusion. They are open 24hrs and available around the clock, numerous locations in all areas of the city and therefore convenient. Bingo, frequent meeting place of city police.
AND the safest place in town! :) (next to the police hq)
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| shorti |
if you're so worried about all that tax money going to waste on gas then go out and convert all thier crown vics to turbo diesles (sp). that way if they need to idle thier cars it won't cost a thing
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| IDiOM |
SplineZ and I went to Tim's tonight on 184 st at about 11:00 and in the 30 minutes that we were there, we must have seen about 10-15 officers, in about 7-9 cars total. Most of them were left running although a few were shut off.
I think the cops were doing checkpoints tonight though, because I heard that there was one on 170 St northbound by Yellowhead. |
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| SplineZ |
I felt safe :D :bthumbup:
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| Maxbaby |
| Well instead of worrying about the cops being in Tim Horton's, you might want to think that the more they are in there, the less they are out on the road ticketing your illegal mufflers and other infractions. And the next time you leave your place of work, try shutting the heat right off and then come in the next day to work. If you had to drive around in a Crown Vic, you'd probably get cranky too, 'specially if it was cold. |
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| quadraphonic |
If you're worried about gas, think of how much is wasted keeping old farts warm in their photo radar vans (and SUVs I've noticed lately), just so they can 'enforce' the law in comfort.
AH.. gotta love the EPD. Sure glad I don't pay taxes within the city. |
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